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Jim McDermott topics and responses
PRO: - 05/09/2013: Voted NO on prioritizing spending in case debt limit is reached
- 03/13/2013: Sponsored investing $1 billion in transportation projects
- 07/27/2011: Increase debt limit from $14.3 trillion to $16.7 trillion
- 09/26/2008: Voted YES on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy
- 07/29/2009: Voted YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending
- 03/06/2013: Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016
PRO: - 06/26/2009: Voted YES on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution
- 01/24/2008: Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards
- 04/07/2011: Voted NO on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases
- 01/16/2007: Sign on to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- 02/10/2005: Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances
- 06/26/2000: Voted YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol
PRO: - 01/15/2013: Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements
- 02/05/2014: Establish "My Voice Voucher" small campaign contributions
- 02/14/2002: Voted YES on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions
- 04/05/2006: Voted NO on restricting independent grassroots political committees
- 11/15/2011: Ban stock trading based on Congressional insider knowledge
- 01/16/2014: No photo IDs to vote; they suppress the vote
- 11/15/2012: Establish 15 days of early voting in all states
- 11/05/2007: Prohibit 'voter caging' which intimidates minority voting
- 05/24/2007: Voted YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations
- 02/09/2012: Require full disclosure of independent campaign expenditures
- 09/14/1999: Voted YES on banning soft money and issue ads
CON: - 07/12/2001: Voted NO on banning soft money donations to national political parties
PRO: - 03/09/2007: Promote conservation of rare felids & canids
- 05/28/2010: Add polar bear & bluefin tuna to endangered species list
- 01/04/2007: Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting
- 01/13/2012: Ranked by HSLF, indicating a pro-animal welfare voting record
- 02/28/2011: Regulate all dog breeders down to kennels of 50 dogs
- 07/17/2009: Voted YES on protecting free-roaming horses and burros
PRO: - 08/04/2007: Voted YES on investing in homegrown biofuel
- 05/21/2008: Voted YES on tax incentives for energy production and conservation
- 11/02/2011: Extend through 2016 the renewable energy tax credit
- 12/31/2006: Ranked by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence
- 08/01/2001: Voted YES on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels
- 05/03/2011: Require 80% fuel-choice vehicles by 2018
- 06/07/2006: Voted NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries
- 02/12/2008: Voted YES on tax incentives for renewable energy
- 09/26/2008: Voted YES on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets
- 06/29/2006: Voted YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore
- 01/18/2007: Voted YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies
PRO: - 06/18/1999: Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1
- 10/20/2005: Voted NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers
- 12/31/2003: Ranked by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record
- 04/09/2003: Voted NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse
- 05/07/2009: Close the Gun Show Loophole; restrict show sales
PRO: - 04/24/2013: Require labeling genetically engineered food
- 12/31/2003: Ranked by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes
CON: - 09/29/2005: Voted NO on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species
PRO: - 07/22/1999: Voted NO on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill
- 02/02/2005: Voted NO on continuing military recruitment on college campuses
- 03/18/1999: Voted NO on deploying SDI
- 02/05/2007: Establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence
- 04/11/2013: Sponsored defunding nuclear-armed aircraft and nuclear R&D or testing
- 03/15/2007: Voted YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts
- 12/31/2003: Ranked by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record
CON: - 04/03/2003: Voted YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan
PRO: - 02/14/2013: Exempt industrial hemp from marijuana laws
- 09/16/1998: Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests
- 06/10/2008: Voted NO on more funding for Mexico to fight drugs
- 12/31/2003: Ranked by VOTE-HEMP, indicating a pro-hemp voting record
- 09/25/2001: Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism
- 12/31/2006: Ranked by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance
- 01/01/2014: Ranked by NORML, indicating a pro-legalization stance
- 01/29/2008: Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans
- 01/06/2009: Distribute sterile syringes to reduce AIDS and hepatitis
- 07/23/2001: Legalize medical marijuana
- 10/14/1999: Voted NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC
- 04/12/2013: Sponsored no federal enforcement against legal state marijuana
- 08/02/2012: Exclude industrial hemp from definition of marijuana
PRO: - 05/24/2005: Voted YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research
- 04/05/2000: Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortions
- 02/26/2004: Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime
- 04/27/2005: Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions
- 01/11/2007: Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines
- 05/19/2006: Expand contraceptive services for low-income women
- 02/05/2007: Ensure access to and funding for contraception
- 12/31/2003: Ranked by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record
- 12/31/2006: Ranked by the NRLC, indicating a pro-choice stance
- 03/17/2009: Teach teens about both abstinence & contraception
- 09/25/2002: Voted NO on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info
- 04/26/2007: Provide emergency contraception at military facilities
- 01/06/2009: Focus on preventing pregnancy, plus emergency contraception
- 05/16/2001: Voted NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad
- 10/02/2003: Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother`s life
- 05/04/2011: Voted NO on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion
- 06/30/1999: Voted NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion
- 09/26/2006: Emergency contraception for rape victims at all hospitals
- 01/05/1993: Protect the reproductive rights of women
PRO: - 12/19/2007: Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees
- 06/24/2009: ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays
- 12/31/2006: Ranked by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance
- 04/02/2009: Voted YES on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes
- 05/20/2009: Give domestic partnership benefits to Federal employees
- 09/30/2004: Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage
- 07/18/2006: Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
- 04/03/2001: More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes
- 11/13/2007: Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation
- 03/03/2010: Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, and reinstate discharged gays
- 07/08/2013: Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools
- 03/10/2011: Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools
CON: - 01/31/2001: MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare
- 04/15/2011: Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts
- 11/22/2003: Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients
- 06/28/2000: Voted NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage
- 03/13/2003: Voted NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits
- 01/05/2011: Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment
- 12/31/2003: Ranked by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record
- 02/01/2006: Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay
- 10/06/1999: Voted NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts
- 04/02/2009: Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug
- 01/14/2009: Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program
- 04/13/2011: Voted NO on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund
- 01/12/2007: Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D
- 01/23/2008: Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids
- 03/05/2008: Voted YES on giving mental health full equity with physical health
- 07/24/2003: Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs
- 11/11/1999: Make health care a right, not a privilege
- 10/25/2007: Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility
- 07/15/2008: Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare
PRO: - 03/29/2001: Voted NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years
- 12/31/2003: Ranked by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes
- 02/08/2001: American People's Dividend: Give $300 to every person
- 12/12/2007: Voted YES on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes
- 09/23/2004: Voted NO on providing tax relief and simplification
- 07/12/2000: Voted NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty"
- 11/11/1999: Reduce the concentration of wealth & wage inequality
- 03/09/2000: Voted NO on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business
- 12/08/2005: Voted NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends
- 04/18/2002: Voted NO on making the Bush tax cuts permanent
- 12/31/2006: Ranked by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation
- 04/15/2013: Sponsored enforcing against corporate offshore tax haven banking
- 04/04/2001: Voted NO on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax")
- 05/16/2001: Voted NO on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years
- 04/16/2012: Minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1 million
CON: - 06/25/2008: Voted YES on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income
CON: - 02/28/2001: Preserve Alaska's ANWR instead of drilling it
- 05/12/2011: Voted NO on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling
- 10/07/2005: Voted NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries
- 08/01/2001: Voted YES on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR
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